Comments on: Knocked Up: the new Nine Months or “right wing misogyny”? http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:36:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: mimi http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-90692 mimi Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:19:05 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-90692 The media is a great tool for social engineering and there are many who profit from keeping the birth rate/crime rate high as well as competition for available jobs/education. "Illegal immigration" has been facilitated in many ways the media 'somehow' fails to report. Also, we are in the process of breeding ourselves out of existence as we have so far failed to colonize space or clone our planet. Those who profit are very short-sighted. To be a responsible parent is to consider what kind of world your children will have to contend with; what kind of world your decisions are creating. Advocating choice is just that--nobody should be forced to either have the child or have an abortion. But advocating irresponsibilty in all its forms will more likely lead to forced population control of one form or another and to not see that is very short-sighted. Some species have built-in biological mechanisms that prevent breeding when the envirionment cannot support more offspring. Humans supposedly have superior brain power. We've already had a real-life, here and now example in China, whose forced-abortion policies were approved of by none other than that great modern-day philosopher Pat Robinson, aka "God's right-hand man". Which leads us to----Religions are a great tool for social engineering----- The media is a great tool for social engineering and there are many who profit from keeping the birth rate/crime rate high as well as competition for available jobs/education. “Illegal immigration” has been facilitated in many ways the media ’somehow’ fails to report.

Also, we are in the process of breeding ourselves out of existence as we have so far failed to colonize space or clone our planet. Those who profit are very short-sighted. To be a responsible parent is to consider what kind of world your children will have to contend with; what kind of world your decisions are creating.

Advocating choice is just that–nobody should be forced to either have the child or have an abortion. But advocating irresponsibilty in all its forms will more likely lead to forced
population control of one form or another and to not see that is very short-sighted. Some species have built-in biological mechanisms that prevent breeding when the envirionment cannot support more offspring. Humans supposedly have
superior brain power. We’ve already had a real-life, here and now example in China, whose forced-abortion policies were
approved of by none other than that great modern-day philosopher Pat Robinson, aka “God’s right-hand man”.

Which leads us to—-Religions are a great tool for social engineering—–

]]> By: box http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-89820 box Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:06:13 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-89820 "Knocked up" is an aggressively right wing movie with malicious intent. Anyone with a working brain will agree that the movie sets a bad example. The couple did not do the "right thing" as Apathow puts it. It was clearly wrong and his justifications are sickening. "Knocked Up" is a two-hour anti-abortion commercial. “Knocked up” is an aggressively right wing movie with malicious intent. Anyone with a working brain will agree that the movie sets a bad example. The couple did not do the “right thing” as Apathow puts it. It was clearly wrong and his justifications are sickening.

“Knocked Up” is a two-hour anti-abortion commercial.

]]> By: Lost on Me http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-89245 Lost on Me Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:30:25 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-89245 Why is this funny??? Let me make sure I get the story straight ... There's 2 people who have no morals, go out and get wasted, have sex with the first available person without using protection, wind up pregnant and then they try to build a relationship? You've got to be kidding me! The comedic part in all of this is that anyone thinks this is going to have a "Hollywood Happy Ending"! They fail to mention the rest of the story where they get diagnosed with STD's! Or how about an update on this couple 5 years later where they're in a bitter custody battle? Did anyone mention to the guy that he'll be paying an outrageous amount in child support payments for a kid he'll rarely see and who'll hate his guts for the rest of his life? LMAO! Yup! this is gonna be one great comedy! Why is this funny???

Let me make sure I get the story straight …

There’s 2 people who have no morals, go out and get wasted, have sex with the first available person without using protection, wind up pregnant and then they try to build a relationship? You’ve got to be kidding me!

The comedic part in all of this is that anyone thinks this is going to have a “Hollywood Happy Ending”! They fail to mention the rest of the story where they get diagnosed with STD’s! Or how about an update on this couple 5 years later where they’re in a bitter custody battle? Did anyone mention to the guy that he’ll be paying an outrageous amount in child support payments for a kid he’ll rarely see and who’ll hate his guts for the rest of his life? LMAO! Yup! this is gonna be one great comedy!

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-89236 Jessica Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:33:37 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-89236 [quote comment="89176"]Missed the point entirely. Irresponsibility is a barrel of laughs. Or maybe just a slight 'indiscretion', depending on your point of view.[/quote] Yeah, well, I tend not to look to Hollywood movies for family values. [quote comment="89176"]Missed the point entirely.
Irresponsibility is a barrel of laughs.

Or maybe just a slight ‘indiscretion’, depending on your point of view.[/quote]

Yeah, well, I tend not to look to Hollywood movies for family values.

]]> By: mimi http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-89176 mimi Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:07:07 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-89176 Missed the point entirely. Irresponsibility is a barrel of laughs. Or maybe just a slight 'indiscretion', depending on your point of view. Missed the point entirely.
Irresponsibility is a barrel of laughs.

Or maybe just a slight ‘indiscretion’, depending on your point of view.

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-88702 Jessica Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:16:39 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-88702 [quote comment="88680"]An unlikely couple has a one-night fling resulting in pregnancy and Apatow declares he wanted to make a movie about two people "trying really hard to do the right thing?" That's rich. As if his judgement of what is 'the right thing' absolves an act of pure irresponsibility. Abracadabra. And really apropos for the times.[/quote] Wow. So, it's not just the women who don't abort after an indiscretion who is looked down upon -- it's their children too. [quote comment="88680"]An unlikely couple has a one-night fling resulting in pregnancy and Apatow declares he wanted to make a movie about two people “trying really hard to do the right thing?” That’s rich. As if his judgement of what is ‘the right thing’ absolves an act of pure irresponsibility. Abracadabra. And really apropos for the times.[/quote]

Wow.

So, it’s not just the women who don’t abort after an indiscretion who is looked down upon — it’s their children too.

]]> By: mimi http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-88680 mimi Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:23:09 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-88680 An unlikely couple has a one-night fling resulting in pregnancy and Apatow declares he wanted to make a movie about two people "trying really hard to do the right thing?" That's rich. As if his judgement of what is 'the right thing' absolves an act of pure irresponsibility. Abracadabra. And really apropos for the times. Just make it a comedy and we'll all have a few laughs so we can forget about all those new prisons and nuthouses we have to keep funding to contain all those unwanted children in the real world. An unlikely couple has a one-night fling resulting in pregnancy and Apatow declares he wanted to make a movie about two people “trying really hard to do the right thing?” That’s rich. As if his judgement of what is ‘the right thing’ absolves an act of pure irresponsibility. Abracadabra. And really apropos for the times.

Just make it a comedy and we’ll all have a few laughs so we can forget about all those new prisons and nuthouses we have to keep funding to contain all those unwanted children in the real world.

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-87828 Jessica Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:28:34 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-87828 I don't understand why a woman who doesn't want to consider abortion is sending out an awful social message?!? When did abortion become a social obligation? Not all unintented pregancies are unwanted. Not all woman are comfortable with having an abortion and would never even consider it. It's a very real situation that happens every single day. I don’t understand why a woman who doesn’t want to consider abortion is sending out an awful social message?!? When did abortion become a social obligation?

Not all unintented pregancies are unwanted. Not all woman are comfortable with having an abortion and would never even consider it. It’s a very real situation that happens every single day.

]]> By: Allison http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-87723 Allison Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:24:16 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-87723 Sewing Siren, yes, I do understand what you mean about what I said. I know the last 2 are not comedies (Amistad was a movie about slave trade, and I realized after I posted that Geishas were Japanese, not Chinese. My bad.) I was just saying there are words that can feel like a punch in the gut when you hear them. I have never found the term "knocked up" to be funny at all. Like you said, that term usually refers to an unplanned pregnancy (not a thought-out plan by a married couple) and I don't find that funny. And I do agree with you that to choose to keep a baby is a choice, regardles, so why do pro-choice activists take issue with this. Pro-choice does not mean "must have abortion". Sewing Siren, yes, I do understand what you mean about what I said. I know the last 2 are not comedies (Amistad was a movie about slave trade, and I realized after I posted that Geishas were Japanese, not Chinese. My bad.) I was just saying there are words that can feel like a punch in the gut when you hear them. I have never found the term “knocked up” to be funny at all. Like you said, that term usually refers to an unplanned pregnancy (not a thought-out plan by a married couple) and I don’t find that funny. And I do agree with you that to choose to keep a baby is a choice, regardles, so why do pro-choice activists take issue with this. Pro-choice does not mean “must have abortion”.

]]> By: SewingSiren http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-87558 SewingSiren Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:23:21 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2007/06/02/knocked-up-the-new-nine-months-or-right-wing-misogyny/#comment-87558 Well to be pro-choice is to support ones right to choose regardless of the choice that is made. So I don't really see what the problem is(with this movie). I don't think unplanned pregnancy is particularly funny though. Allison, man you must really hate the term "Knocked-Up". It is vulgar ,but also usually used in a light hearted way. Now getting to your analogies- I *have* heard feminists use the term "cunt" sort of taking it back so to speak. But your last two are so offensive it is really unbelievable "Amistad" and "Memoirs of a Geisha" aren't comedies. The word Amistad has nothing to do with the words you replaced it with. And Chinese is not offensive at all unless of course you are using it to describe someone who is Japanese @@. Well to be pro-choice is to support ones right to choose regardless of the choice that is made. So I don’t really see what the problem is(with this movie). I don’t think unplanned pregnancy is particularly funny though.

Allison, man you must really hate the term “Knocked-Up”. It is vulgar ,but also usually used in a light hearted way. Now getting to your analogies- I *have* heard feminists use the term “cunt” sort of taking it back so to speak. But your last two are so offensive it is really unbelievable “Amistad” and “Memoirs of a Geisha” aren’t comedies. The word Amistad has nothing to do with the words you replaced it with. And Chinese is not offensive at all unless of course you are using it to describe someone who is Japanese @@.

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